Dr Mumbo

The tabloid guide to fearing everyone

news paedophile guideSo what’s leading news.com.au as Dr Mumbo writes?

It’s the news.com.au guide to how to spot a paedophile.

And what are the giveaway signs?

“More likely, he is your friendly neighbour or attentive shopkeeper'”, warns journalist Candace Sutton. Or a relative. Or a schoolteacher. Or a bus driver, youth worker or preacher.

Which seems like a pretty good way of alienating any reader who works in any of the above professions.

Look out too for people who like taking photographs, warns Sutton.

And for “respected community leaders”.

It rather reminds Dr Mumbo of now defunct UK stablemate The News of the World’s paedophile fear campaign led by the now somewhat legally challenged Rebekah Brooks. It led to a paediatrician’s house being vandalised after the mob misunderstood her job title.

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